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solfatara

/sohl-fuh-tahr-uh, sol-/US // ˌsoʊl fəˈtɑr ə, ˌsɒl- //UK // (ˌsɒlfəˈtɑːrə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Geology.

    • : a fumarole that gives off only sulfurous gases.

Examples

  • On our way back we visited Solfatara, the celebrated crater plain, about 1000 feet in length by 800 in breadth, skirted by hills.

  • When the ground was struck with a stick, it gave forth a hollow rumbling sound like at Solfatara.

  • A walk up a boulder-strewn slope reaches the old crater, or Solfatara, almost surrounded by steep walls of rock.

  • The whole of the Solfatara crater has been enclosed for the purpose of manufacturing alum from its soil.

  • The vast works for the refining of sulphur in the volcanic district of Solfatara were erected under his direction.